My husband is working in a food distributing company as a software engineer.his company distributes different varieties of food products to hotel and restaurants etc....besides other food they also distribute pig meat.i am very confused about this that wuts the condition of my husbands income.is it halal or haram.
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question is that my husband is working in a food distributing company as a
software engineer.his company distributes different varieties of food products
to hotel and restaurants etc....besides other food they also distribute pig
meat.i am very confused about this that wuts the condition of my husbands income.is
it halal or haram.because my husbands says koi haram cheez halal ko haram nahi
ker sakti...i dont know his concept is right or wrong.....i am sooooo
confused.plz help me....and plzzzzzzzzz answer me.....i dont want to eat
haram.....shukria.
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Answer:
Working in company selling haraam
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask
for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever
He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that
there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Al-Tirmidhi Hadith
2776 Narrated by Anas ibn Malik
Allah's Messenger
(saws) invoked the curse of Allah on ten people in connection with wine: the wine-presser, the one who has it pressed,
the one who drinks it, the one who conveys it, the one to whom it
is conveyed, the one who serves it, the one who sells it, the one
who benefits from the price paid for it, the one who buys it, and the one for
whom it is bought.
Because in essence the food distributing company does not
deal only in the haraam, one cannot say with conviction that the salary one
gets from working in such an institution is all haraam; but without a doubt the
person who works in such an institution which sells swine products (or any of
the haraam products) would be guilty of associating with something that has
been clearly described and declared as ‘haraam’ by Allah and His Messenger
(saws).
It would be best for the believer to immediately seek to
employ his talents elsewhere where the boundaries of Allah are not violated;
and if he makes this intention and move only for the sake and fear of Allah
Subhanah, it is expected that not only will his Lord Most Gracious provide him
from His Endless Bounties in the life of this world, but He will appreciate his
noble intention and deeds, and bestow upon him a generous reward in the eternal
life of the Hereafter.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to
Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only
Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan